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Midlothian Council has been awarded three Active Travel Infrastructure Fund awards, totalling £753,062, by the Scottish Government.   The awards come from a £10 million national fund which the Scottish Government set up to achieve the outcomes of Transport Scotland’s National

Substantial repairs to the road network across the area got underway in April 2024 thanks to an additional £4 million capital investment to be spent on road resurfacing and other road upgrades over a 12-month period. Now six months into the multi-million roads resurfacing programme 50 carriage

Electricity network operator SP Energy Networks has joined forces with Scotland-based digger driver, mum of two and social media sensation Amy Underwood – AKA ‘The Digger Girl’ – to share crucial safety tips on avoiding electrical hazards when operating machinery. Their colla

A construction supervisor at City Building has reflected on his testicular cancer crisis to help raise awareness of the disease amongst young men. Kieran Young, 29, spoke out after City Building employees raised £1,000 for charities of their choice.

The Sardinian village of Ollolai, grappling with depopulation, has launched a website to entice disillusioned American voters with homes as cheap as €1 (£0.83) and a "fast-track procedure" for relocation. The website, Live in Ollolai, asks visitors if they are "worn out by global politics

Renewable energy developer Galileo has submitted a planning application to West Lothian Council for a new battery energy storage system (BESS). Located between Bathgate and Armadale, the BESS will see a community benefit fund of £500,000 (index-linked) offered over the lifetime of the pro

Construction work on two pioneering North Ayrshire Council-owned solar PV farms is already well advanced. Work on the first of two facilities began earlier this year at Nethermains, a former landfill site, between Irvine and Kilwinning. Much of the infrastructure on the site has now been instal

Construction has started on a Scotland-first facility for developing and manufacturing green energy technologies and the rapid scale-up of the companies developing them.  UK energy minister Michael Shanks MP has marked the start of work on the £9.1 million project in Aberdeen, which has b

Glasgow-based building contractor Fourply is buzzing with excitement following its success in recent national industry awards. Its innovative 'The Apprentice & The Bee' programme lifted the Training Initiative title at the Construction Awards of Excellence 2024 held recently in Nottingham.

Glasgow-based Arc-Tech (Scotland) has been appointed to the University of Edinburgh’s ‘Mechanical Works and Associated Services’ framework. The Framework Agreement will enable the firm to tender for the provision of reactive maintenance, planned works, and associated services to al

Real estate advisor CBRE has established a dedicated planning division in Scotland, significantly expanding its planning and development expertise to support its broader service offerings. CBRE has welcomed a talented team of four professionals who will work closely with colleagues covering developm

The multi-million-pound Falkirk and Grangemouth Growth Deal has been signed by UK and Scottish Governments as well as Falkirk Council as part of a package that will strengthen the local economy and create more than a thousand jobs over the next 10 years. Up to 1660 jobs and £628m worth of econ

From making work sites more sustainable to recruiting and retaining tomorrow’s workforce, the Construction Plant-hire Association’s (CPA) 9th Annual Conference held on 7th November 2024 at the Heart of England Conference and Events Centre near Coventry discussed future trends and challen

Abertay Housing Association has unveiled plans for a new residential development on the site of a former community centre in Dundee. A planning application has been lodged seeking permission to build eight homes on a brownfield site on Angus Street in the Lochee area.

Muir Group executive chairman John Muir argues that the recent cut to interest rates is a welcome boost for Scotland's housebuilders. It is no surprise that the Bank of England’s decision to cut interest rates will have been welcomed by homebuilders up and down the country. With it comes more